Talking of slovenliness and procrastination...

[ifeelitall]

Does anyone have a fail-safe 'system' for keeping on top of things? Someone told me once 'just do it' which I think was the best advice I ever got... but still, I'd like a little more order, as I find there are things on my to-do list that have been there for ages and ages and just hover over me.

Do you make lists every day and work through them? How do you go about meals? Do you meal plan? How often do you collapse in front of MN with a cup of tea and two Kit-Kats? (Oh, is that just me? )

At the end of the day, do you feel like you got everything done, or are you always carrying stuff over to tomorrow?

I have got the hang of staying on top of my paid work and organising my time beautifully(ish - it does sometimes go a bit wrong) there but not when it comes to the house

what I did was map everything out one week at a time, allow way more time than was needed for each task, and write it all out on a whiteboard with each day broken down into 2 hour segments. It helps me when there are things that HAVE to happen at fixed times, like it or not, such as school, as this gives the day structure and something to plan around

years ago I did meal plans and stuff but there just is not enough energy to cook and shop and do anything other than absolute minimum at the moment, so am concentrating on earning the £ and the rest can wait until spring when am likely to feel better

I dont know about a fail safe system I just have a loose routine. I am a SAHM.

I make the beds as soon as we all get up then take a load of washing downstairs with me and put it in the machine.

After I get back from the school run the pc stays off until I have unloaded the dishwasher and tidied the kitchen.

During the day the dd's can pretty much play with what they want but if it starts to get too cluttered I will put stuff away. Otherwise I just tidy up when they are in bed.

I have a green plastic bowl where I put bits and bobs that should be upstairs/put away. Generally if I am pottering I am usually shifting stuff from one place to another!

Washing gets folded as soon as its dry but it will sometimes stay in a pile until the following day when I can be arsed to put it away.

I only let myself MN at night when everything else is done otherwise I would be looking out of the corner of my eye at the mess and wouldnt be able to relax.

I am by no means a domestic goddess but I did grow up with untidy parents so I like things to be relativley tidy and organised.